Vidya Balan awarded Pride of Kerala Award

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been awarded with the ‘Pride of Kerala’ Award by the World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV.

National award-winning actress hails from Kerala and had made her debut in Bollywood in 2005 in Parineeta.

About Vidya Balan

She had featured in films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture and Kahaani. She also featured in the television serial Hum Paanch.

Awards and Honours: National Film Award for Best Actressfor The Dirty Picture (2011). Padma Shri Award in 2014.

She also has won five Filmfare Awards in Best Female Debut for Parineeta (2005), Best Actress for Paa (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011) and Kahaani (2012) and Critics Award for Best Actress for Ishqiya (2010).